מַה/ מֶהmah/meh | What | |
לָמָּה lāmāh | Why | With preposition ל to indicate direction of speech |
כַּמָּה kammāh | How much | With preposition כ to indicate likeness |
בַּמָּה/ בַּמֶּה bammāh/bameh | With what | With preposition ב to indicate instrumental use |
מָתַי mātay | When | This preposition is its own form which appears in many Semitic languages. |
מִי | Who/whom | |
לְמִי | To whom | With preposition ל to indicate direction of speech |
כְּמִי | Like whom | With preposition כ to indicate likeness |
בְּמִי | By/within whom | With preposition ב to indicate instrumental use |
אַיֵּה | Where | Core form uses אי with combinations |
אַיֶּכָּה | Where are you (masculine, unattested in feminine) | |
אֵיפֹה | Where | Basic אי+פה (here) |
אָן | Where | |
אֵיךְ | How | |
אֵיכָה | How (maybe poetic) |
הֲ | Basic form |
הַ | Before gutturals or regular consonants with shva |
הֶ | Before gutturals with Qamats |
Relative pronouns
אֲשֶׁר | That/which |
שֶׁ | That/which |
כִּי | That/which (note that this word is used with more meanings) |